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Routledge Courts of Pre-Colonial South India - Material Culture & Kingship

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This scholarly work examines how material culture functioned within pre-colonial South Indian courts, moving beyond conventional analytical frameworks to uncover the lived experiences of court inhabitants. The author challenges standard categories like public/private and male/female divisions, instead drawing on indigenous perspectives found in court poetry, vastu shastra texts, and painted representations of courtly life. Set within the historical context of the Ramnad Kingdom's formation, the book traces the material circumstances of palace space from its innermost regions outward, revealing how architecture, objects, and spatial organisation shaped daily life and power structures in these royal courts.

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Investigates material culture and spatial organisation within pre-colonial South Indian courts using primary sources including court poetry and vastu shastra.

Challenges conventional public/private and male/female analytical categories with indigenous descriptions of courtly space and royal architecture.

Examines the Ramnad Kingdom's material circumstances and palace layout through historical analysis of artefacts and spatial evidence.

Draws on painted representations of courtly life to understand how court inhabitants perceived and inhabited their environments.

Published by Routledge as part of the Royal Asiatic Society Books series, providing authoritative scholarship on South Asian history.

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Release Date
05 December 2002
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13 February 2007

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